AC SF17T F1 Hybrid League – German GP

We start another season and this time back to our roots – an F1 hybrid car with our own modded physics and like that one, the best-in-town (albeit not the prettiest “yet”)! The Nurburgring never promises much, yet always seems to deliver the most spectacular of races. Bring it on!

Well, that went as bad as I can do I think – strategy wrong, got undercut by Coretex and too low wings. Nice battles with my teammate and great fun trying to hold Marcelinho off at the end. I nearly did it too as he couldn’t really get a run on me.

Ah crap. Had 1 hour with the car beforehand to try and make a set and gauge tyre wear, fuel, etc. Q was quite good but it kind of fell apart in the Race, couldn’t keep up with Jan and wasn’t confident with rear of the car so spun 2 times into the barrier and acquired FW damage. 3rd not bad in the grandscheme of things :).

I see in replay that I bumped Marcelinho off track in T3. Very sorry dude! I am okay with us changing positions in the end results if race control decides so.

It was a fun race and I really enjoyed the DRS app. At the end it was a bit lonely, so I am hoping for more people attending. I found the SF15-T modification a lot better now and I am hoping to do some practice before next race. A vacation coming up, so I’m probably back at the Hockenheim race.

The apology is enough for me ;) No need to switch positions imho. But please leave room in the future :)
Had fun, but wing setting was too high. Overtaking even with DRS was pretty much impossible. Perhaps i can snitch a good setup next time. Jan, perhaps? :D

Discord Chat

bobbydeacs: Yes, that is what I meant though i didn't make it clear, so 17psi cold usually gets you close to 26 hot depending on track/downforce/air/track temperature etc. I tend to take the view that if you're running on say ultras and the running psi is close to 26, but the temps are say 5 degs too high then you're probably 1 compound out and should try the supers rather than increase the pressures. If you were running 10 degs high, then you're probably 2 compounds out so it would then be softs etc. Not saying I'm right though, maybe it is better sometimes to simply try to get the temps down. BTW the hypers tend to overheat on most tracks a bit, but I've found them spot-on at places like Singapore.

Rhobium: 26 psi being the hot pressure, I assume, which gets quite a bit higher than what you set in the garage

bobbydeacs: perfectly normal to have them slightly different. However, with modern F1 cars in particular it's a balancing act. You also want the tyres close to 26psi with this car - too low or too high psi loses grip. The problem is that if you increase psi to get the temps down, you also lose some tyre footprint - hence there isnt a huge advantage normally.

pensionisti: Is it normal to put the LF tyre at 18 psi and the RF at 16, i don't find other way to keep them in temp on ultras ?

pensionisti: yeah but my top speed 325 while yours 346. not sure why but i feel a torque loss after the 6th gear. like it's not accelerating in same speed and loosing power. Anyway have to get used to the grip of the car to carry more speed on corners

Church: i had 11-5 for now

pensionisti: i think it;s enogh to pass carousel flat out

pensionisti: so it should've been much higher speed

pensionisti: i am on 9-4

bobbydeacs: what aero are you using I think I had 15-7

pensionisti: ok thank you will do some tests as seeing these graph it dosn't look i have set it properly and i can't put it on 8 th gear at all https://imgur.com/a/CzzHOBt

bobbydeacs: That said, if you don't run it down between stops then you are wasting energy. Should aim for it to be quite low at end of stint.

bobbydeacs: The green bar, if its running down each lap you are using a bit too much

pensionisti: my question was more basic, as i don't know where to look at, and set the delivery option. like if i set the recovery to 50% and set to motor how do i see if it is enough for the lap or for the race or if it is consuming too much or it's not using it at all. anyway will check online how to set it up, looks more easy. Thank you

bobbydeacs: If you have it set to motor, it works - end of. What I think you are noticing here is I've changed the car to have more mid range power and less top end power. This will reduce top speed. Maybe I overdid it a fraction, but I think the speeds are more accurate now.

pensionisti: If it affects acceleration it affects top speed as well. I just dont know how to check if it worked and how to set it up properly.

Michel Ney: i did a 2019 car CFD analysis with the model i've been making for assetto corsa